development of the school and in the maintenance of the high standard that has placed the college among the foremost educational institutions of the middle west. He was assistant professor of mathematics from the 1st of March, 1874, until March 1, 1878, when he was made professor of mathematics and political economy, so continuing until September 1, 1906. Since the latter date his entire time and attention, owing to the growth of the school, have been given, in instructional lines, to mathematics. He has also had voice in the management of the institution for thirty-seven years, or since the 16th of November, 1874, when he was made secretary of the board of trustees. He acted in that capacity continuously until July 1, 1909, when he was elected secretary of the college. He was also acting president from November 13, 1890, until February 17, 1891, and again in 19023 and since August 19, 1910. He has likewise been dean of the junior college from the 11th of September, 1903, to the present time. Throughout the entire period of his connection with the school he . has labored earnestly and zealously to extend its influence, to improve its methods and to make its course of instruction of practical value as a preparation for the duties and responsibilities of life. Reading and research have kept him in touch with the work that is being done by the most prominent educators of this and other lands, and sound judgment has enabled him to glean from their methods many ideas which, adapted to the work of Iowa College, have proven of inestimable value. Moreover, his initiative spirit has enabled him to originate many plans of worth to the institution and methods of instruction which have worked out most satisfactorily in the schoolroom.
In other connections Professor Stanton has displayed excellent business ability, being interested in both farming and banking. Through economy and fortunate investment in Iowa land and industrial enterprises of the state he has acquired a fair competence. While not without that laudable ambition for the attainment of success, which is the stimulus of all industry, in an effort to provide the comforts of life for his family, he has also been actuated by the higher motives of contributing to the world's intellectual progress which constitutes the basis of an advancing civilization.
On the 22d of February, 1877, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Professor Stanton was united in marriage to Miss Margaret P. McDonald, who pursued her education in the Muskingum College of Ohio and the Mount Pleasant (Iowa) Ladies Seminary, being a graduate of the latter institution. She was afterward professor of French and preceptress of the Iowa State College from 1870 until 1878. She passed away July 25, 1895, her death being deeply regretted by all who knew her, for her broad culture and splendid womanly qualities had endeared her to all with whom she had been brought in contact. The woman's building on the campus of Iowa College has been named Margaret Hall in her honor, while her husband as a memorial to her presented to the college the Margaret Hall chimes,